irritating

B2 Topic:Time
US /ˈɪrəˌteɪtɪŋ/
adj verb Freq #10846

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Making you feel slightly angry or annoyed

    His habit of tapping his pen was very irritating.

  2. 2
    adj

    Causing physical soreness or discomfort

    The bites of black flies are more than irritating.

  3. 3
    verb

    Present participle of irritate

    The smoke was irritating her throat.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · causing physical soreness... painful
Word family
Forms irritatingly
Derived forms irritainmentirritatinglynonirritatingunirritating

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